Here are a couple of shots from a short hike last weekend. Enjoy your days off!
Category: Travel
The Traveling Taper
Most marathon training plans and advice articles emphasize the importance of the taper. During the three weeks following your longest run, you typically decrease mileage and focus on rest and recovery. In many ways, the taper is the hardest part of training, because without weekly REALLY LONG RUNS, you forget how strong and fit you…
Black Spaghetti with Cornmeal Fried Shrimp
Last summer my mom visited me in Germany and we traveled around quite a bit. We ended our trip in Venice, where we ate and ate and ate the most delicious foods. One of the things I really wanted to try there was squid ink pasta. I had both pasta made with squid ink, and…
Pumpkin Spice Coffee Cake (for recovery)
This has been a great weekend! We’ve had perfect fall weather, cool but still sunny, and there is lots to do in Leipzig right now. The last weekend of each month is a huge antique market south of the city, and my husband and I always enjoy walking around and looking at the (unusual) things…
First Anniversary Weekend
Its hard to believe that we have already been married for a year! We had so much fun at our wedding, and its been a great year since. To celebrate one year, we decided to spend a few days in Bohemian Switzerland, a quick wilderness escape from Leipzig. It rained all weekend, but we still…
Summer Recap
Its hard to believe that September is already here! Summer felt especially short this year, because I was in the chilly, wintry Southern Hemisphere until the beginning of July, and August in Leipzig brought cool weather. That said, I’ve enjoyed some great summer weekends, beautiful, sunny runs, and traveled around Germany and Italy sampling delicious…
Namibia Dreaming
I have been studying the dietary habits of a group of hunter gatherers in Northwestern Namibia for the last three years. I spend months at a time camping in the bush, hiking, running at dawn, learning how to forage for wild foods, and dreaming about salad and brownies. During my time in Namibia, I have…
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